Nice one Fayji I've sent the bloke a link to some of my pics too. Not as good as his, but on a similar theme.

Mine are of the Spinners' Hall in Bolton, which is opposite where I work. It was empty for years and then one day I heard a load of crashing and banging, so I looked out of the window and saw workmen chucking stuff out of the upper windows into skips.

I grabbed a camera and legged it across, and bullied the foreman into letting me in. I only managed to snap a couple of pics because they'd already gutted a lot of the inside.

The big room with the curved ceiling used to be a dance hall and theatre, but the workmen had already removed the stage when I got there.

A few weeks later, the roofers managed to set the place on fire but, fortunately there wasn't too much damage. But I did get a front row seat for the action, seeing as I was hanging out of my office window (and filling my office full of smoke )